John underhill editor (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. [20 pages.]ss Features text by Jeffrey Hoone and Charlotta Kotik, Cheryl Brutvan, Theresa Harlan, and Gary Hesse. Includes color and black and white images by Patty Wallace, Gary Nickard, John Spence, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Linn Underhill, Brett Booth, Emile Wamsteker, and Sarah Cunningham. A fine copy in stapled wrappers with publisher label to the front panel.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 288 pages. 5.25x8.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A complete two volume set of this limited edition collection of the poetry of English writer John Gay. Complete in two volumes. Limited to two hundred copies on large paper of which this is number one hundred and four. With a frontispiece to volume one. A collection of the poetical works of John Gay, an English poet and dramatist who was a member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera. Volume one contains the longer poems, epistles and epistolary verse, as well as the eclogues. Volume two contains translations, prologues and epilogues, fables, poems from "Gay's chair", miscellaneous pieces, songs and ballads. With a life of the author and copious notes from John Underhill, a British editor. Bound by Bumpus Ltd., London. In the original half vellum with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine and board edges as is expected with ageing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers dated 1932. Bound by Bumpus Ltd., London. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…